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Offline The Singing Bowyer

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Tough-earned Okie Venison
« on: October 21, 2008, 01:10:15 pm »


One of my most memorable hunts...without a doubt. I was pre-making some cubby sets and scouting around for trapping season when I found a well-traveled area on the edge of a swamp. I came back that afternoon and set up a stand.

The property I was on belongs to a neighbor on the opposite side of the lake that I live on. Normally, I would just drive down the road I live on, turn left, and go across a bridge to get over to where he lives. But, we had a big storm this past summer, and the bridge got washed away. So, instead of driving all the way around the lake (about 8 or 9 miles out of my way), I decided to just float my canoe across the lake.

I had to float across, bank the canoe on another neighbors place, and then walk a few hundred yards to get to the stand. A big trapper and primitive-type fella who I met here in OK gave me some nice obsidian heads to try.

So, I took this one at about 8 yards with a self-nocked cedar shaft with the stone head. The shot was at a bit of an angle, and the arrow went through the liver and one lung. It buried up almost to the fletching even after knicking a rib. Unfortunately, he decided to run into the swamp and die face-first in a foot or so of muddy, stagnate water about 60 yards from the stand.

It was an interesting time gettimg him out of there. Then, I drug him the few hundred yards back to the canoe. I was almost out of light by the time I snapped a quick pic and got everything loaded.

By the time I paddled back to the cabin in the dark, I was feeling as rough as my dirty deer looked....

I won't forget this one!
Chad K. Slagle
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Offline John K

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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 02:39:37 pm »
Nice deer ! Yeah, that thing looks like it was in a swamp  :o
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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2008, 06:49:35 pm »
Yeah...thankfully I don't have to eat the hide. The sinew and meat cleaned up rather nicely, though... ;)
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Offline Strongbow88

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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2008, 09:43:47 pm »
how bout a pic of the point?
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Offline Big A

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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2008, 10:05:15 pm »
Good job Chad. I always wanted to do a canoe hunt.
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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2008, 10:11:59 pm »
Well done Chad.  Congratulations.

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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2008, 10:16:49 pm »
Nice job! I can smell that swamp as I read it. Good luck with the sets and the venison

Tracy
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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2008, 10:21:40 pm »
That sounds like my kind of hunt."Good and tough". Great shot and good job.  God Bless
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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2008, 11:00:46 pm »
 Nice post and congratulations,that'll be tender vittles. I like that angle away shot from behind,right behind the last rib,aiming thru to the off shoulder.good penetration is guaranteed with a stone point. good work !  Frank
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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2008, 05:28:30 am »
Nice job Chad,some mighty fine eating there. :)
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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2008, 08:08:43 am »
Congratulations Chad! I've had some experience with accessing a hunting area by canoe...hunted a spot for a full season that way. It's lot's of fun and a quiet way to get to a stand without leaving much scent getting there. ;)
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Offline GlennM

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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2008, 11:10:35 am »
Cool story!  I'll share it with the Hawkeye Boys.  It was a nice diversion from correcting papers.  We have snow flurries here in Buffalo today. I will be hunting a new apple orchard after school.  Best I can tell it hasn't been hunted in years.

Keep those stories coming,

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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2008, 11:55:49 am »
Good story Chad and sounds like my kind of hunt too. Yea, snap a pic of the arra if ya can. Did the point survive?
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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2008, 01:05:18 pm »
I will take a close up pic of the point for you fellas this evening and get it posted. Yeah..it held up well, though my sinew tying job was pretty loose when I found it. Just a couple chips out of it....The deer took a couple leaps through some saplings before heading into the swamp and broke the arrow. The point end was laying on the ground about 25 yards away and the fletching end was floating in the water near where the deer fell.

Glenn, it is actually suppose to get down to 40 degrees tonight down here. No snow, but it ought to make the deer move a bit...
Chad K. Slagle
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Re: Tough-earned Okie Venison
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2008, 01:49:56 pm »
Congratulations, Chad. Looks like some good meat and good memories.
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